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By being friendly with the US, Mikhail Gorbachev may lose his credibility

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By allowing more non communist parties to form, he risk the chance of Mikhail Gorbachev not being able to be elected again.

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The plan failed, private producers had to pay high taxes and deal with dishonest officials. Agricultural infrastructure such as roads linking the farms to the markets, and refrigeration facilities remained inadequate. Many unprofitable business enterprises arose and the economy could not develop, failing to revive the soviet economy. There was also shortages of food and basic neccessities, which failed to ecourage them to start businesses.

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the government still had control over means of production. small business owners have to pay high taxes and deal w dishonest officials to purchase these technologies

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Government retained control over the production of goods.small businesses had to pay high taxes for these items and deal with dishonese government officials.Things such as facilities and infrastructure still remained inadequate.so people did not want to have business es so the economy was not made any better as there were still shortages

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the country gets to get more freedom and people won't have to feel oppressed. they get to voice out their concerns to the government and the government would be more well supported by its people as they are following the needs and wants of its people

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It allows the citizens to critique aspects of the government that are negatively impacting their daily lives. Leading to the possibility of reform in the government due to free communication being allowed

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it helps the country grow more socially as people are allowed to share their different points of view. many people might support this method more because they are not restricted to one point of view by the government. but it may also cause more tensions to occurs because very one have different thoughts about a certain topic and they might not be able to relate to others

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relaxations of censorships would give another perspective of the world to the citizens but,  many soviets would feel that the government had lied to them as the government had deprived them of privileges that other countries had and thus many would lose faith in the current government and try to overthrow it

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allowing freedom of speech first contradicts communism itself hence it may lead to people's beliefs in communism to grow weaker and after more time passes , they would be more bold to go against the govt and may overthrow communism

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With greater transparency the more trust the people will have with the government.since the state also allowed freedom of speech, the people can have a say in what they think is the best for the country.these opinions can then also help the government make more informed decisions which will benefit the people of the USSR

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The people can exchange more ideas that are beneficial to the country and help the country have more idea varieties,in order to earn more money.Less propaganda happening,so the ideas can be more accurate.

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It made the people be able say what they wanted without any repercussions such as criticizing the Soviet union which will make others believe that the Soviet union is not as great as they thought.
The freedom of speech also exposed to the citizens that they had been lied to about USSR being greater than the western countries

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without believers, they will lose power since no one is supporting them and they might side with the opposing team

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they will stop supporting their government and adopt capitalism

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they will lose faith in their leaders which might lead political unrest as they would want a different system for their country so that their quality of life will improve.  

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they will lose faith in their leaders which might lead political unrest as they would want a different system for their country so that their quality of life will improve.  

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The soviet union would fall apart. Since the people living in the soviet union do not want to support their governmet.The people would want to then shift towards and favor the way US deals the different situations as well as how they treat their people.As a result the soviet government would fall over time.

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oppose the government and try to reestablish itself with a new government

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it will cause the system to weaken with less support. soviet may be seen as weak because it’s people are not  supportive and confident about their country anymore.

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they will protest against government

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It will lead to internal conflicts which will make people want change

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The citizens would try to overthrow the gov as they are upset with their leaders incompetence of being better than USA,perceived as weaker than USA.

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They may oppose their leaders and get the idea that capitalism and democracy is better and far superior than communism

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They were stronger economically as well as military

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the soviet union feels less powerful than the US

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the US have more resources to threaten USSR's security, they will constantly have to fear the US as they will not be able to fight back if they attacked 

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the US have more resources to threaten USSR's security, they will constantly have to fear the US as they will not be able to fight back if they attacked 

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they have more money for their military
soviet union cannot keep up with USA

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they can spend more on military, goods and services and brings them to be at an advantage over the soviet union since they are unable to afford as much on military. the soviet union would have probably felt threatened by their superiority,

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USSR cannot keep up with USA's replenishment and development of weapons and resources. Soviet union is not on par with USA in terms of military power and they feel threatened. USSR will decide to back down from tensions with USA as they don't want to lose if a war breaks out

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USA’s economy continues to grow way faster than Soviet Union. with more money and with more military support and power, they will be stronger. This will threaten Soviet Union and possibly make them feel desperate and urgent to want to become better so that they can match up with USA. It can cause them to spend way too much on weapons and have not enough finance to for the country because of fear.

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The US are able to spend more money on resources and weapons than USSR and USSR does not have so much resources go spend it on,so eventually the US persisted and won the arms race,causing USSR to crumble.

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The US being more economically strong are able to produce more weapons' as well as make us of the technology. Th soviet union on the other hand feel threatened as they are unable to build such weapons .Making them feel vulnerable to possible attack's.

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It made the Soviet Union want to decrease tensions with the USA because they are unable to keep up with the USA